OBJECTIVES, STUDY PLAN AND FACULTY

The basic aim of the PhD programme in Demography is to train researchers in basic and applied research in the population field. In order to achieve these objectives and to obtain the title of doctor, it is essential to produce a doctoral thesis, which must take the form of original research.

This PhD programme offers:

the academic training necessary to attain the knowledge, methodology and skills of critical analysis which make it possible to carry out original research.

the tools for achieving the necessary communication skills for making known and communicating the results of scientific work to the academic and professional communities.

internationalisation of training and research for PhD students by means of visits to internationally prestigious institutions and universities.

STUDY PLAN

The doctoral degree is structured into lines of research supervised by lecturers from the UAB’s Department of Geography and the Centre for Demographic Studies. The thesis must have a single tutor (who may or may not be the thesis supervisor).

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Holding an official university degree, either Spanish or from any other country in the European Higher Education Area or, in other words, having obtained a minimum of 300 ECTS credits accumulated throughout the totality of formal university education. Of these credits, 60 or more must be at Master’s degree level.

Holding an official Spanish academic qualification, which entails having achieved a minimum of 300 ECTS credits. These graduates must obligatorily complete supplementary training requirements.

Holding a university degree obtained in accordance with the requirements of the educational system in other countries. It is not necessary to obtain official recognition of this qualification (homologation) by the Spanish authorities. However, it is necessary to obtain prior verification from the university which awarded the degree, stating that the qualification is equivalent to a master’s degree obtained from a Spanish university and that, in the country which awards the degree, it is sufficient qualification to allow access to a PhD programme.

Holding a Spanish PhD obtained in accordance with previous university regulations.

Admission to the PhD programme will be decided by the vice-chancellor and is subject to completion of supplementary training where required.

SPECIFIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

25%Qualifications
detailed in academic
record

Admission will be subject to acceptance by a thesis supervisor proposed by the academic commission for the doctoral programme20%Thematic
appropriateness

15%Affinity with the field of Demography of qualifications presented to obtain access to the doctoral programme

20%Letter of motivation and personal interview

10%Obtaining research grants or subsidies

10%Linguistic competence

ADMISSION

The candidate wishing to enrol for a PhD must apply to the academic commission for the doctoral programme.

Once the candidate is admitted, the academic commission for the doctoral programme assigns him or her an academic tutor.

DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY FOR ADMISSION

Letter of motivation.

Curriculum vitae.

Photocopy of academic record, including first degrees and master’s degrees previously obtained.

GRANTS

Apart from some exceptions, the PhD in Demography programme entails full-time attendance. It is highly recommended that the PhD student should obtain a grant or other form of funding for a minimum of three years. The doctoral programme supports students with a good academic record in their applications for competitive national and international scholarships.

ANNUAL EVALUATION AND REVIEW

ANNUAL EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF THE THESIS PHD IN DEMOGRAPHY

Course 2019-2020

Monitoring takes place after admission and registration for the doctorate, once a year, and consists of the presentation by the doctoral student of progress made up to the time of the meeting of the monitoring committee. Passing this test is a condition for registering for the following year.

The Academic Committee for the Doctorate must approve and publish before 20 December each academic year the composition of the Monitoring Committees, the timetable and dates and the procedure for the monitoring (oral presentation of progress in public session and previous submission of additional documentation).

1. COMPOSITION OF MONITORING COMMITTEE

The composition of the monitoring committee for Doctorate Studies in Demography will be different for each doctorate student and will consist of a member of the Academic Committee for the doctorate programme, the superviser of the thesis and a specialist lecturer or researcher in the doctorate student’s field.

Each doctorate student will be sent an email in the second half of January 2019 informing them of the composition of their monitoring committee.

The student must submit his/her documentation and the superviser’s report by 8 June 2020 (1st sitting) and 7 September 2020 (2nd sitting) at the latest:

– In digital format, in quadruplicate, to each of the members of the monitoring committee and to the head of Teaching and Training Programmes of the CED.

5.ASSESSMENT IN THE MONITORING TEST

After each meeting the members of the monitoring committee will draw up and sign the record of assessment and joint monitoring report.

The members of the committee may report:

– favourably (the doctorate student has passed the test and may register for the following academic course)

– favourably with observations (the doctorate student will have to appear before another monitoring committee within a maximum of 6 months)

– unfavourably (the doctorate student may not register again for the doctorate)

The records of assessment of the monitoring of each doctorate student will be filed together with the documentation by the doctorate programme. A list will then be prepared for each year of monitoring of the doctorate students subjected to monitoring tests and the results obtained, which will be approved by the CAP and signed by the programme co-ordinator. This list will be sent to the Doctorate School before 30 September each year.

6.NON-PRESENTIAL MONITORING The academic regulations governing doctorate studies contained in RD99/2011, article 351. Assessment of doctorate students, point 2) provide as follows: This yearly assessment must also include oral and presential presentation by the doctorate student of the state of the work carried out. In exceptional cases the academic committee of the doctorate programme may, having obtained a report by the superviser and the tutor, grant permission to replace presential presentation with another format.

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